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Deepak Ratna Bajracharya wins 'Photo of the Year' title

Deepak Ratna Bajracharya wins 'Photo of the Year' title

By THT Online

People trying to save themselves as dust engulfs a house in Swayambhu, after the devastating earthquake, on Baisahak 12, 2015. Photo: Deepak Ratna Bajracharya

KATHMANDU: Deepak Ratna Bajracharya has won 'Photo of the Year' title at the IME-Global IME Nepal Photo Contest organised by the Photojournalist Club. Bajracharya would receive a cash prize of Rs 100,000. Bajracharya had captured a moment during the earthquake on April 25, 2015 in his award-winning photograph. According to the organisers, the picture was selected from 6,670 photographs filed for the competition. Meanwhile, winners of various seven categories of the annual photo contest were announced amid a special function today. The photographers who stood first, second and third positions in each category would get a purse of Rs 30,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. A jury comprising senior photographers Prashanta Panjiyar and Mani Lama, senior curator Sangita Thapa, academician Sujan Chitrakar, senior photojournalists Devendra Man Singh, Narendra Shrestha and Prakash Mathema had picked the winners. Meanwhile, the winning photographs of all categories would be exhibited in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Dharan, Sauraha, Bhairahawa, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi, according to the organisers. Winners of Nepal Photo Competition 2073 Culture and Tourism 1st: Dinesh Shrestha 2nd: Sambranda Bajracharya 3rd: Avash Karmacharya Daily Life 1st: Naresh Shrestha 2nd: Gopen Rai 3rd: Pratap Thapa Nature and Wildife 1st: Ramesh Kumar Poudel 2nd: Bishop Tamrakar 3rd: Bikash Khadge Nepal Smiles 1st: Navesh Chitrakar 2nd: Rajendra KC 3rd: Sulav Bhakta Shrestha Sports 1st: Surbindra Kumar Pun 2nd: Robic Upadhayay 3rd: Umesh Shrestha News 1st: Navesh Chitrakar 2nd: Rajesh Gurung 3rd: Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi Photo Story 1st: Nabin Baral 2nd: Sagar Chhetri 3rd: Navesh Chitrakar Photo of the Year Deepak Ratna Bajracharya